The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-07

you not previously decided that every To-
cal controlled absolutely IT. own fundsi
i l ask you, sir, WIZ yoware silent when
your Brothers are shot and dubbed to
death in the strssts; and wHy you join
loudly in the howl for vorkingmsns' blood
that rises from the capitalist classes
around the Cook County bastilsi
81. Do you approve Of the church per-
secution Of DR.. MoGlynni II not Why has
not your voice been raised in protests
| %. Did you say that "the Knights of
Labor shall be subordinate to no other or
ganization ON earthf"
20. Did you not swear to keep secret
the secret work of the X. of L.i
"a. Did you not reveal to Cardinal Glib
bons the whole Of that secret work, and
furthermore say to the Catholic Church
that il there was in the Order anything
which n desired altered or changed, that
It should be donef re sz
%. II you shall answer yea, then ask
you: Is itnot a fscS Sttmt you attend mass
sometimes, as often as three times day,
that you fully confess (even the secrets of
the Ordsr) to the Catholic priesthood and
that you are PLEDGED TO them to bend this
Order as they may wish or to break its
20. Is it not fact that contrary to the
constitution of the X. of l.. which
you have sworn to execute, that you or
your friends schemed to have you paid
5000 per year, or Sl4 day,to have your
term extended to two years and to author
ize the expenditure of $4,000 for palatial
headquarterss Was not all this done lille
gally and without being submitted to a
vote of the orderf
"a. June 2l, 1884, did you not write
the following % a description q TIE sad
fate Of the women workers in the Penn
syt X iosl &, mines:
AT one OF the ovens saw woman
half-naked drawing the hot coke from the
chamber. She had no covering on her
head, and very little on her person. Her
. appearance was that of one whose spirit
had been broken by hardship and hard
work. Her attire consisted of coarse
. chemise and pair of cowhide boots. In
freight car close by stood another wo'
man forking the coke as it came to the
car. Forking is the term used to indicate
n the disposition of the coke when it il
thrown into the car. The person who
does the forking throws the coke to either
end of the car as 1t is wheeled in. The
woman stood in the doorway ann was
dressed in rough, loose-ftting outer gar
' ment and an apron. Her person from hel
, waist up was exposed. When she stopped
over to handle, the coke, she caught hel
n hair between her teeth, in order to keep il
out of her way. Her feet were incased il
= pair of heavy shoes and her legs wert
4 exposed from the knees down. Her babe
which she brought to the works with hel
lay in front of the car with scarcely any
3 covering except the shadow of a wheel
: barrow, which was turned up in order Il
D protect the child from the rays of the sun
Many more cases met my view, and som'
. of them were even worse than this"
!, Is it not fact that the wages of thes,
women did not average 40 cents day
|, ! that they paid dues into the X. of L., ant
do you think that you are Justly entitled
y to receive from their contributed many
mites fourteen dollars day while they still
live in that Hungry Helly
20. Is not the real reason of your quar-
rel with A. STRAssER, president of the Ci
garmakers' Union because he rebuked yol
. :. for greed and said that no labor 'leader
could in conscience take from the toiler
more than enough to live ons Is it not
:, fact that Strasser receives but the regula
wages that he could make at his trade
$500 dsys
30. Is not the order expelling the ci
garmakers from the X. of L. unconstitu
tionalY
80. Was it not passed by trick at th'
Richmond ConventionY
-. 81. Why have you suspended its oper
alton in one place in New York where tn
cigarmakers refused to leave the Uniol
but said that they admired" your
" 80. Are you Socialism
33. Is Karl Marx liar and are Johl
Swinton, Henry George, DR.. McGlynr
. Shevitch, Curlin, Morgan, McNeill, Fran
Foster, Buchanan, Grottkau, "dema
gogues," anarchists" and of the danger
, Gus classes" in your opinions
"a. Under what section of the X of L
, constitution can the Cigarmakers be ex
PEELED from the Order for refusing II
leave their Unions
81 So. Under what section can editors o
labor papers who criticize the palace a
Philadelphia be expelled from the Order
a. Urged by you about forty days agof
SO. Why did you assist in killing the
great 8 hour movement Of the American
Federation of Trades Unions, last May?
81. Did not DANIRL CRoNIN organize
Oregon and Washington Territory into
the K. OF l.. and make them solid? Ant
did not you dorm him and by secret letters
falsely label him as an anarchist" and dc
your best TO break up strong, pure and
great labor movement in the Northwest
8s. Why do you refuse the Oregon AS
semblies D. Ar
SO. Is it not true that Litchman CON
, , verted some thousands Of dollars of K. OF
l.. funds into press and type for the
.Ssatesman- for which he has never &C.
countedf ~
10. Is it not true that contrary to the
constitution of the X. of L., requiring all